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• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) 

because it proposes to approve a State 

program; 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); and 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act. 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where the EPA or 

an Indian Tribe has demonstrated that a 

Tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 

Tribal implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on Tribal 

governments or preempt Tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

Executive Order 12898 (Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629, 

February 16, 1994) directs Federal 

agencies to identify and address 

‘‘disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects’’ 

of their actions on communities with 

environmental justice (EJ) concerns to 

the greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law. Executive Order 

14096 (Revitalizing Our Nation’s 

Commitment to Environmental Justice 

for All, 88 FR 25251, April 26, 2023) 

builds on and supplements Executive 

Order 12898 and defines EJ as, among 

other things, ‘‘the just treatment and 

meaningful involvement of all people, 

regardless of income, race, color, 

national origin, Tribal affiliation, or 

disability, in agency decision-making 

and other Federal activities that affect 

human health and the environment.’’ 

The State did not evaluate EJ 

considerations as part of its SIP 

submittal; the CAA and applicable 

implementing regulations neither 

prohibit nor require such an evaluation. 

The EPA did not perform an EJ analysis 

and did not consider EJ in this action. 

Consideration of EJ is not required as 

part of this action, and there is no 

information in the record inconsistent 

with the stated goal of Executive Order 

12898 of achieving EJ for communities 

with EJ concerns. 

This action is subject to the 

Congressional Review Act (CRA), and 

the EPA will submit a rule report to 

each House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. The CRA allows the issuing 

agency to make a rule effective sooner 

than otherwise provided by the CRA if 

the agency makes a good cause finding 

that notice and comment rulemaking 

procedures are impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest (5 U.S.C. 808(2)). The EPA has 

made a good cause finding for this 

action as discussed in section II of this 

preamble, including the basis for that 

finding. 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by February 24, 2025. Filing a 

petition for reconsideration by the EPA 

Administrator of this action does not 

affect the finality of this action for the 

purpose of judicial review, nor does it 

extend the time within which petition 

for judicial review may be filed, and 

shall not postpone the effectiveness of 

such rule or action. This action may not 

be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements (see CAA 

section 307(b)(2)). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen 

oxides, Ozone, Particulate matter, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: December 13, 2024. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30409 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

42 CFR Part 73 

Select Agent: Modified Junı ́n Virus 

Vaccine Strain 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notification of determination. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), located 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), has determined 

that a previously excluded attenuated 

strain, Junı ́n virus vaccine strain Candid 

No.1, has key attenuating mutations in 

the glycoprotein envelope at GP1 T168A 

and GP2 F427I. Revertants at either of 

these positions have increased 

pathogenicity and virulence. Therefore, 

Junı ́n virus vaccine strain Candid No. 1 

containing GP1 168T and/or GP2 427F 

is a select agent and is subject to the 

select agent and toxin regulations. 

DATES: This determination is applicable 

as of May 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel A. Singer, MD, MPH, FACP, 

Acting Director, Division of Regulatory 

Science and Compliance, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H21–4, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30329, Telephone: 

(404) 718–2000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Junı ́n 

virus is a negative sense, double 

stranded RNA virus and is the causative 

agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever. 

Junı ́n virus causes chronic infection in 

Calomys musculinus, the Drylands 

vesper mouse. Humans can become 

infected upon exposure to infected 

animals or infected animals’ waste. 

Human-to-human spread is rare but can 

occur upon contact with an infected 

person’s bodily fluids. 

In accordance with the Public Health 

Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 

and Response Act of 2002 (Bioterrorism 

Response Act), HHS regulates biological 

agents and toxins that have the potential 

to pose a severe threat to public health 

and safety (42 U.S.C. 262a(a)(1)). The 

list of HHS select agents and toxins is 

provided in the HHS select agent and 

toxin regulations (42 CFR part 73) and 

Junı ́n virus, a South American 

hemorrhagic fever virus, is included as 

a select agent (42 CFR 73.3(b)). 

The HHS select agent and toxin 

regulations established a process by 

which an attenuated strain of a select 

biological agent that does not have the 

potential to pose a severe threat to 

public health and safety may be 

excluded from the requirements of the 

select agent and toxin regulations (42 

CFR 73.3(e)). On February 7, 2003, Junı ́n 

virus vaccine strain Candid No.1 was 

excluded from the regulations as it does 

not pose a significant threat to public 

health and safety (McKee KT Jr, Oro JG, 

Kuehne AI, Spisso JA, Mahlandt BG. 

‘‘Candid No. 1 Argentine hemorrhagic 

fever vaccine protects against lethal 

Junı ́n virus challenge in rhesus 

macaques’’ Intervirology. 1992: 

34(3):154–63). This exclusion was 

granted based on the historically safe 

use of this strain as a vaccine against 

Argentine hemorrhagic fever for 


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agricultural workers at risk of 

occupational exposure in Argentina. 

As set forth under 42 CFR 73.3(e)(2), 

if an excluded attenuated strain is 

subjected to any manipulation that 

restores or enhances its virulence, the 

resulting select agent will be subject to 

the requirements of the regulations. 

CDC’s Intragovernmental Select Agents 

and Toxins Technical Advisory 

Committee (ISATTAC), which 

comprises federal government subjectmatter experts from HHS, the U.S. 

Department Agriculture, the Department 

of Homeland Security, the 

Environmental Protection Agency, and 

the Department of Defense, reviewed the 

data published in the study, 

‘‘Restoration of virulence in the 

attenuated Candid No.1 vaccine virus 

requires reversion at both positions 168 

and 427 in the envelope glycoprotein 

GPC’’ (published in the Journal of 

Virology [https://doi.org/10.1128/ 

jvi.00112-24] on March 20, 2024). The 

ISATTAC concluded that the modified 

strains (Candid No.1 containing GP1 

168T and/or GP2 427F) showed an 

increased virulence compared to the 

parental excluded Candid No.1 strain 

when injected into guinea pigs and 

huTfR1 mice. CDC concurred with the 

ISATTAC’s assessment and, on May 3, 

2024, CDC determined that given the 

restoration of virulence, Junı ́n virus 

vaccine strain Candid No.1 containing 

GP1 168T and/or GP2 427F is a select 

agent and is subject to the select agent 

and toxin regulations in accordance 

with 42 CFR 73.3(e)(2). 

Dated: December 18, 2024. 

Xavier Becerra, 

Secretary, Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30568 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

43 CFR Part 2800 

[PO #4820000251] 

RIN 1004–AE78 

Rights-of-Way, Leasing, and 

Operations for Renewable Energy; 

Technical Corrections 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; technical corrections. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is making technical 

corrections to regulations that published 

in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024 

(final rule). 

DATES: Effective on December 26, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jayme Lopez, Interagency Coordination 

Liaison, by phone at (520) 235–4581, or 

by email at energy@blm.gov for 

information relating to the BLM 

Renewable Energy programs and 

information about the final rule. Please 

use ‘‘RIN 1004–AE78’’ in the subject 

line. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BLM 

published FR Doc. 2024–08099, 

beginning on page 35634 in the Federal 

Register of May 1, 2024. 

Subsequently, BLM published a 

correction to the final rule on June 28, 

2024 (89 FR 53869), correcting its 

instructions for 43 CFRs 2801.5 to 

clarify the addition of the term 

‘‘Megawatt hour (MWh) rate’’ instead of 

revising the term ‘‘Megawatt hour 

(MWh) rate.’’ However, the instructions 

were not updated to remove the 

conflicting term ‘‘Megawatt rate,’’ which 

is no longer necessary with the changes 

in the final rule. This correcting 

amendment removes the term 

‘‘Megawatt rate’’ from § 2801.5(b). 

Section 2803.10 of the final rule did 

not include the change to the title 

adding the words ‘‘or lease’’ as intended 

with the publication of the final rule. 

This correcting amendment revises the 

section title to read as, ‘‘Who may hold 

a grant or lease?’’ 

Section 2804.12 in the final rule did 

not include the title to paragraph (j) 

intended for reader clarity. This 

correcting amendment revises paragraph 

(j) adding the intended title, ‘‘Complete 

applications:’’ to the paragraph. 

In the final rule, § 2806.51(a) was not 

updated consistent with the changes of 

the final rule and incorrectly left 

regulatory text that directed readers to 

sections of the rule that are specific to 

the 2016 rule and are now incorrect and 

inaccurate and no longer able to be 

implemented. This correcting 

amendment revises paragraph (a) to 

retain the first sentence of paragraph (a) 

with slight revisions using the 

terminology of the final rule. The 

second and third sentences of paragraph 

(a) direct readers to the standard rate 

adjustment method and the scheduled 

rate adjustment method which are no 

longer available and were removed with 

the final rule. 

In the final rule, instruction 28 

specified § 2806.52(a) through (c) were 

being revised without correctly 

identifying the removal of § 2806.52(d). 

Section 2806.52(d) includes regulatory 

citations specific to the 2016 final rule 

that are now incorrect and inaccurate 

and no longer able to be implemented. 

This correcting amendment removes 

§ 2806.52(d). 

BLM also corrects § 2809.15(d)(2) by 

removing the colon at the end of the 

paragraph and adding a semicolon in its 

place. 

Sections 2807.17 and 2807.20 of the 

final rule did not include the intended 

addition ‘‘or lease’’ in the titles. These 

section titles are revised to include the 

missing text to now read as, ‘‘§ 2807.17 

Under what conditions may BLM 

suspend or terminate my grant or 

lease?’’ and ‘‘§ 2807.20 When must I 

amend my application, seek an 

amendment of my grant or lease, or 

obtain a new grant or lease?’’ 

Sections 2809.13 and 2809.17 of the 

final rule did not include the intended 

section title revisions to change ‘‘offers’’ 

to read as ‘‘processes,’’ consistent with 

the changes in the regulatory text. These 

correcting amendments change the titles 

to read as ‘‘§ 2809.13 How will the BLM 

conduct competitive processes?’’ and 

‘‘§ 2809.17 Will the BLM ever reject bids 

or re-conduct a competitive process?’’ 

In the final rule, the title to § 2809.18 

was intended to include the addition to 

the section title ‘‘solar and wind energy 

development,’’ consistent with the new 

definition of ‘‘solar and wind energy 

development’’ added to the final rule. 

The section now reads as, ‘‘What terms 

and conditions apply to a solar and 

wind energy development lease?’’ 

Additionally, the regulatory reference in 

paragraph (a) should direct readers to 

§ 2805.11(c), not 2805.11(b), for the term 

of a solar and wind energy development 

lease. Paragraph (a) is revised, 

correcting the regulatory reference to 

read as § 2805.11(c). 

List of Subjects in 43 CFR Part 2800 

Electric power, Highways and roads, 

Penalties, Public lands and rights-ofway, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Accordingly, for the reasons stated in 

the preamble, the BLM corrects 43 CFR 

part 2800 by making the following 

technical corrections: 


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